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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2007

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007

Animation

The Festival organisers describe the animation section - which features both full-length and short films - as: "Hand-drawn, computer-generated or claymation - world class work from every area of the animated arts."

Programme

7 films · 3 reviews

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Family Animation

Short film showcase, suitable for all ages, featuring: Aston’s Stones (Lotta Geffenblad & Uzi Geffenblad), Calum Noah: The Very First Sword Dance (Catriona Black), My Happy End (Milen Vitanov), The Animal Book (Natalie Ann Hinchley & Chris Randall), Two Dreams (Anders Jedenfors & Jamie Stone).

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McLaren Animation 2

Second batch of animation shorts, featuring: A Bad Day, (Hlin Davidsdottir), Brown Balloon, (Gordon Crawford), [film]Crow Moon[/film] (Selina Cobley), Know the Enemy (Matin Orton, Greg Villalobos), Masque (John Butler), Adjustment (Ian MacKinnon), Burial At Sea (Jonathan Reynolds), Dolls, (Matthew Walker), Love Triangle, (Yasmeen Ismail), [film]Over The Hill[/film] (Peter Baynton), Roux County (Campbell McAllister), Temp (Hotessa Laurence), Unknown Element (Andrew Tulloch, Alan Searle), Shhh... (Fumio Obata), The Ill Fated Romance of the Giraffe & Ballerina (Nick Wade), Yours Truly (Osbert Parker). You can vote for who you want to win the annual McLaren Award.

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McLaren Animation 1

Review preview for McLaren Animation 1

Overall, the shorts in this programme are lacking a bit in imagination, with The Accident, by Sara Nesturuk, being the only one to transcend the genre.

Trinity · 3 out of 5
Short animation showcase.

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: various; Writer: various)

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Ratatouille

Review preview for Ratatouille

Comes as something of a disappointment, this is the first Pixar film that one suspects could have been done live-action.

Tony Sullivan · 3.5 out of 5
The best cooked meals of mice and men.

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Brad Bird; Writer: Brad Bird; Stars: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O'Toole, Brad Garrett, Brian Dennehy, Will Arnett, Peter Sohn)

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Family Gala Premiere

Tekkonkinkreet (Tekon Kinkurîto)

Review preview for Tekkonkinkreet

Tekkonkinkreet is beautiful, and ably uses its visual appeal in service of an exciting fable.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
Two young boys try to stop gangsters taking over their city.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2006; Director: Michael Arias; Writer: Anthony Weintraub, based on the comic by Taiyo Matsumoto.; Stars: Yû Aoi, Alex Fernandez, Yusuke Iseya, Kankurô Kudô, Sanchu Mori, Masahiro Motoki)

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UK Premiere

World Animation 1

Collection of short animation from around the globe, includes [film]Down The Road[/film] (Rune Christensen), [film]Glitch[/film] (Peter Ricq), [film]Hum[/film] (Søren Bendt Pedersen), [film]My Love[/film] (Moya Lyubov) (Alexandre Petrov), [film]Sleeping Betty[/film] (Isabelle au bois dormant) (Claude Cloutier).

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World Animation 2

Collection of short animation from around the globe, includes Ark (Arka), (Grzegorz Jonkajtys), Even Pigeons go to Heaven (Même les pigeons vont au paradis) (Samuel Tourneux), Final Journey (Lars Zimmermann), [film]Moloch[/film] (Marcin Pazera) Foolish Girl (Devochka Dura) (Zojya Kireeva) Sports and Diversions (Bum Lee), Sweet & Sour (Eddie White), The Cleaner, (Dustin Rees), The Great Escape (Hielka Vcieczka) (Damian Nenow), Premier Voyage (Grégoire Sivan).

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